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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 7 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Related party transactions are recorded at the exchange amount transacted as agreed between the Company and the related party. All the related party transactions have been reviewed and approved by the Board.

 

The Company’s related parties include:

 

 

Martin Rowley   Martin Rowley was a senior advisor to us; his service terminated on August 16, 2024. In 2023, we entered into a Convertible Note Purchase Agreement with Martin Rowley relating to the issuance to Martin Rowley along with other experienced lithium investors. Martin Rowley is the father of Nicholas Rowley, a former officer.
     
Jaeger Investments Pty Ltd (“Jaeger”)   Jaeger is a corporation in which senior advisor, Mr. Rowley, is a controlling shareholder.
     
RTEK International DMCC (“RTEK”)   RTEK is a corporation in which Nicholas Rowley and Brian Talbot, a former officer and director, are controlling shareholders.
     
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.   Mitsui & Co., Ltd. is a non-controlling shareholder of the Company.

 

Technical Services Agreement

 

In July 2023, we entered into a technical service agreement (“Technical Services Agreement”) with RTEK pursuant to which RTEK agreed to provide us certain mining engineering, planning and business development services. Messrs. Nicholas Rowley and Brian Talbot are the founders and principals of RTEK. On March 31, 2024, the Technical Services Agreement was amended and restated (the “Amended and Restated RTEK Agreement”) to reflect that part of the compensation originally scheduled to be paid to RTEK was allocated as compensation for Mr. Talbot in connection with his appointment as director and officer. Under the terms of the Amended and Restated RTEK Agreement, we issued RTEK RSUs for (i) 75,000 (seventy-five thousand) fully paid shares of our common stock vesting on the successful completion of certain performance criteria outlined in the Amended and Restated R-TEK Agreement; RSUs for 100,000 (one hundred thousand) fully paid shares of our common stock vesting upon completion of other identified performance criteria; and RSUs for 100,000 (one hundred thousand) fully paid shares of our common stock vesting upon on the delivery of a working plant as defined in the Amended and Restated RTEK Agreement. Any unvested RSUs shall immediately vest in the event of a Change in Control (as defined in our 2023 Equity Incentive Plan).

 

On August 16, 2024, the parties further amended and restated the Technical Services Agreement (the “Second A&R RTEK Agreement”) in order to, among other things: (i) revise and amend the Stage Two Budget and revise the terms of service with respect to the Phase Two Services (each, as described in the Second A&R RTEK Agreement); (ii) form an operations committee tasked with ensuring progress toward our goals under such agreement; and (iii) issue to RTEK additional RSUs with aggregate value of up to $5.0 million, subject to RTEK’s achievement of certain milestones and performance criteria.

 

On March 12, 2025, RTEK delivered a letter to the Company (the “RTEK Notice”) purporting to terminate the Second A&R RTEK Agreement due to the Company’s alleged repudiation of its obligations under the agreement. The Company firmly disagrees with such allegation and at that time regarded the agreement as in effect.

 

On March 20, 2025, the Company notified RTEK that it was terminating the agreement due to RTEK’s failure and inability to perform several of the services required under the agreement, including the timely delivery of a certain updated study, RTEK’s material breach of the exclusivity provisions of the Agreement, as well as several breaches to the other terms of the Second A&R RTEK Agreement.

 

The Company does not believe that it will incur any early termination penalties as a result of its termination of the Second A&R RTEK Agreement.

 

 

ATLAS LITHIUM CORPORATION

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 7 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)

 

Convertible Note Purchase Agreement

 

In November 2023, the Company entered into a Convertible Note Purchase Agreement with Jaeger, relating to the issuance to Jaeger along with other experienced lithium investors, of convertible promissory notes with an aggregate total principal amount of $10.0 million, accruing interest at a rate of 6.5% per annum. Pursuant to the Convertible Note Purchase Agreement, Jaeger purchased an aggregate of $1,967,503.0 of the Notes. The Notes will mature in November 2026.

 

The related parties outstanding amounts and expenses as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are shown below:

 

   June 30, 2025   December 31, 2024 
    Accounts Payable / Debt        Expenses / Payments     Accounts Payable / Debt     Expenses / Payments 
RTEK International DMCC  $-   $29,294   $-   $2,844,549 
Jaeger Investments Pty Ltd.  $1,988,283   $64,467   $1,977,979   $130,358 
Total  $1,988,283   $93,761   $1,977,979   $2,974,907 

 

In the course of preparing condensed consolidated financial statements, we eliminate the effects of various transactions conducted between Atlas and its subsidiaries and among the subsidiaries.

 

Atlas Critical Minerals Corporation

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2025, Atlas Critical Minerals was party to the following stock-based compensation transactions with related parties of the Company:

 

Pursuant to the amended and restated employment agreement between Atlas Critical Minerals and Mr. Fogassa, dated June 26, 2024, Atlas Critical Minerals issued 1,365,387 shares of its common stock to Mr. Fogassa during the six months ended June 30, 2025, representing 4% of Atlas Critical Mineral’s total outstanding common stock as of January 1, 2025.

 

Atlas Critical Minerals issued 438,168 shares of common stock of Atlas Critical Minerals to officers and directors of the Company at a weighted average price of $0.81 per share in settlement of $356,451 in salaries and fees owed to such officers and directors due to their services provided to Atlas Critical Minerals.

 

 

ATLAS LITHIUM CORPORATION

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS